Subj : Real Modem on VOIP?
To   : Bo Holt
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Wed Sep 09 2026 07:53 pm

Hello Bo,

08 Sep 26 12:40, you wrote to me:

 BH>  AT&T refused to give me a POTS line, too... and it irritates me
 BH> because I think mine is still connected to something.  When I pick up
 BH> my phones, I get a ground sound.

Probably a bad ground; those were/are very common.  You new when your like was 
multiplexed when you kept connexting at 21600 BPS too.  Try putting a 
multimeter on your line and see if you have AC current on it.

-- Sean

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